August Alsina is keeping it real. Known for his gritty singles “Make It Home” and “Ghetto,” the New Orleans crooner is not sugar coating anything, including his relationships in the industry.

While promoting his debut Testimony, due April 15, he revealed his beef with Trey Songz. The R&B singers, who collaborated on the remix to August’s hit “I Luv This Sh*t,” recently had a falling out.

Check out what August had to say:

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Nicki Minaj’s mother Carol Maraj is taking a stab at a gospel career. The rapper’s mother released an EDM-inspired gospel song titled “God’s Been Good.”

While her daughter is rapping about lookin’ ass n*ggas, big booties, and cunnilingus, Carol Maraj is giving God all the glory over a synth-pop gospel song.“God’s been good, he’s always been good to me,” sings Nicki’s mother.You better sing it, mama Minaj. There’s no word if Nicki’s mother is planning on recording an entire gospel album, but anything is possible (as you can see).

Take a listen to a snippet of Carol Maraj’s new gospel song down under.